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Incident

FAA incident report · Camron V77CAMERON · Vandalia, OH · July 23, 1994

Date: July 23, 1994 · 08:10 local
Place: Vandalia, OH
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1997G
Reported as: Camron V77CAMERON
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 230 total150 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N1997GRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 1997 · Cameron Balloons US V-77S/N 5329 Airframe modelCameron Balloons US V-77

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while attempting to land in an open field, balloon struck 50 foot power lines. No injuries were received to balloon occupants and balloon was undamaged. Circuit breakers tripped on power lines at first contact. Pilot was tracking into rising sun with haze conditions. Pilot satisfactorily completed a 609 ride with inspector martha lunken on 08/08/94. Incident considered closed with the submission of this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD, BALLOON STRUCK 50 FOOT POWER LINES. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED TO BALLOON OCCUPANTS AND BALLOON WAS UNDAMAGED. CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPED ON POWER LINES AT FIRST CONTACT. PILOT WAS TRACKING INTO RISING SUN WITH HAZE CONDITIONS. PILOT SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A 609 RIDE WITH INSPECTOR MARTHA LUNKEN ON 08/08/94. INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT.